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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
Looks like an actual car key with rubber boot. HY-KO brand. Got the copies made at Home Depot. Door keys work perfectly- just not ignition. Copies they made for my Nova work perfectly.
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Same thing I experienced, doors opened in both situations except the copies for the Alero didn't work well and required some finagling in the ignition. They were made by the same manufacture too (ilco) although the Alero keys were copied somewhere in NJ and the Malibu keys somewhere at a hardware store in Montauk NY on vacation. Cannot remember which stores exactly.
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Cut one end and attach to one with a resistor? I dono man, sounds like bad keys. Try a local key guy if you have one and see what he thinks of the copies first.
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I agree with this guy. Perhaps Home Depot either made a mistake or the machine is not accurate enough. It doesn't take much difference to misalign the teeth of the key and the pins in the ignition cylinder thus preventing you from turning the key.
I am not a locksmith or any thing like that, just personal experience
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